May 14 at Amsterdam

A change in the weather. In the forties this morning with a strong North Wind.

Walked a mile to the van Gogh Museum. Most of Vincent's work stayed in his estate until donated at the time the museum was built in the 1960s. Great collection , large but well-behaved crowd.

After lunch we took a tram across town to the Anne Frank House Museum. Waited in line 2 1/2 hrs to get in, during which we got storm winds, rain and even hail. Made many new friends in line. It was worth the wait. Museum is well done and moving. Only her father Otto Frank survived the war , and he later said he was amazed at the depth of thought and feeling she had put into her diary; she had shown no signs of it to him. He came to believe most parents do not really know their children.

Before getting back on the tram we enjoyed a good Thai dinner- place run by a Dutchman and his Thai wife. Warmed us up for the trip home.